Sunday, July 10, 2011

GOP Leaders Breach Oath of Office

The GOP rhetoric is pernicious. It advocates the financial destruction of the United States. It is ignorant and stupid because it is based solely on emotional appeal as the dominant factor of GOP/teaparty cheerleading. It reminds me of the Miller Light ads “Tastes Great/Less Filling,” except those ads were not dangerous. What the Republicans are advocating is.

House Representatives Eric Cantor and Michele Bachmann suffer delusions of grandeur brought on by having to believe their own pernicious nonsense. Cantor seems to believe that he will succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Bachmann seems to believe that she will succeed Barack Obama as President of the United States. They advocate that the United States should default on its worldwide obligations. That alone should be sufficient to disqualify them from achieving higher office. In fact it should qualify them for recall if not impeachment.

The financial destruction of the nation that these Republicans seek is beyond what any terrorist could hope to achieve.

It is a very serious statement. I do not make it lightly, either. The consequence of not raising the debt ceiling is default on obligations the US has in the world market. Look at Bachmann's website. Never mind the fact that such a plan cannot be done. Even her most ardent of supporters Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, says it’s “irresponsible.” He is being understandably kind and wrong. It’s not irresponsible, it’s negligent and dangerous.

Keep in mind that she has also claimed that the Founding Fathers “worked tirelessly” to end slavery, but facts don’t interest her. That conjecture is stupidity. Politicizing a function of government to make a headline is something the GOP/teaparty regularly does with flagrant disregard for consequences. It is not alright. It is bad for business and bad for the country. If that is a "negotiating tactic," it is a treacherous one.

What is worse is that the Republican Party leadership is enabling such treachery. Its recent Budget Resolution is an example because to go into effect requires raising the debt ceiling. By the way, the rest of the world is watching and so are world markets. They could not care less about Medicare. They care about the United States making good on its obligations. But the GOP does not care about anything except trashing the economy so they can blame it on the administration.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says that if the ceiling isn’t raised by Aug. 2, the government could begin defaulting on some of its obligations, triggering a financial crisis.

Republicans floated the idea of rewriting the 14th Amendment last year when they were waving the flag over Arizona’s immigration lies. Top Republicans Senator Lindsey Graham (SC), Senator Jon Kyl (AZ), and Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) advocated eliminating the “birthright clause” and demonstrated their antithesis to the Amendment. Senator Graham argued that the 14th Amendment no longer serves the purpose it was designed to address. Senate Minority Whip Kyl supported hearings on repealing the 14th Amendment. Senator McConnell said Congress should “reconsider the Fourteenth Amendment.” But there isn’t anything to interpret in Section 4: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law . . . shall not be questioned.” These Republicans took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution whether they like it or not. To prevail in their hypocrisy imperils the country and should be sufficient grounds for their impeachment and removal from office for breaching their oath of office.

Piss Poor and Other Expressions

Political Post Hoc and Other Fallacies

Opinion Polls Don't Vote

If they appear to be close, then the more beer, cars and pills to treat erectile dysfunction can be sold.

Marginalizing Dr. King's Dream

The GOP is openly hostile to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There is no honor in that.

What the Survey Says

The pesky public can change its' mind.

Tyrants Start Somewhere

"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time." RFK

McChrystal and Steele: Please Fire Me

The issue is not the content of what each man said. The issue is competence in their positions

A New Republican Brand

This is the best of times to be a Republican. As the removed-from-power party, they have the luxury of time.

A Jack, a Hack, and a Quack

The Tea Party backed son of big-time insider, the rookie Rand Paul’s opinion on the Civil Rights Act did not get the coverage it deserved.

Rube-Rhetoric

Neither of them ever says anything about equal justice under law. American flags and a call for female grizzly bear protectionism cannot disguise what that stand is.

Targeting Ethnic Studies

Arizona’s governor is a Republican, a white, and a woman.

Last Frontier of Sedition

Sarah Palin is like Anna Nicole Smith with glasses – known for being known and not standing for anything.

Palin Scopes Targets

2008 Maverick-Loosers Reunion Stars Palin

Fourth Estate: Take Out the Paper

The story of the failing San Francisco Chronicle is just one example of a major metro-area newspaper having been managed into the dinosaur museum of media.

First Bad Bank of the United States

"Right now the nation's largest banks are carrying half a trillion dollars in bad debt."

Correcting Congress

"The Founders did not intend government to be a career. They intended governing as a volunteer position for a set amount of time and then it was time to go back home."

Fairness: the Fake Debate

"Conservative talk radio continues to chant about the “Hush Rush Bill’ as if were a real threat with real backing. It isn’t, it doesn’t and it’s not going to happen. Nor will the sky fall."

Hypocrites Lose and Other News

"The court told them No and noted that most of the activity the plaintiffs called harassment, such as threats of boycotts, was actually protected free speech."

No Viewer Left Behind

"At that point the Obama administration decided to push for a delay because the government is not doing enough to help Americans prepare for and navigate the transition."

Broke Banks Mounting

"Even clients with excellent credit, strong assets and positive history are being denied new loans and are incurring decreased credit lines."

New Bigotry II

"One can interpret that as supporting "separate but equal" treatment under the law which is unconstitutional."

A Lot of News But Are We Aware?

"Since blame is personality dependent, we throw another dart and hope to hit a person."

Smoking Government: A Tobacco Tale

"In my parents’ time, during the print and radio advertising era, icons like Santa Claus and actors like Ronald Reagan lit up. Medical doctors endorsed cigarette brands for 'patients who smoke.'”

Proposition 8: The New Bigotry

"Brown writes further that a “tyranny of the majority” would be established if a ballot initiative could to take away an inalienable right. This is something that the Constitution was designed to prevent."

Where Is Our Money?

"You might think that your question had been answered by Sarah Palin. However, it is much worse than that."

Out With the Old

"I have joined Blogcritics Magazine, “a sinister cabal of superior writers.” Press the red button on the side bar and take a look."

While the Tide Is Out

""At this time the paucity of cash in circulation has undermined some of our previously held, perhaps unfounded, political and market ideas."

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